Who is Mark Zuckerberg????

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Founder, CEO & President of Facebook

His net worth is $100 million +

There's lots of stuff none of us have ever seen before. That's good in some ways, but limiting in other ways.

Early Life
Born May 14, 1984 White Plains, NY Grew up in Dobbs Ferry, NY Parents Ed & Karen Zuckerberg Father a dentist; mother a physician Attended Ardsley High School Graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy (a private boarding school in NH)

Foundation for Facebook

While attending Exeter
- developed a program to assist workers in

this fathers office to better communicate - built a version of the game Risk
http://www.boardgamecentral.com/games/risk.html

- built a music player named Synapse

http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=681755

Microsoft & AOL tried to purchase Synapse & recruit Zuckerberg

Facebook Launched
While at Harvard University February 4, 2004, at the age of 19 - took the concept of the annual student directory of headshots at Exeter and did the same for Harvard, but then sent them via the Internet to fellow Ivy League schools; within 3 months, 45 schools and over 100,000 people were using Facebook - roommate Dustin Moskovitz assisted in launching Facebook

Where did Facebook get its name???

Referring to the annual student directory at Exeter "The front cover says "The Photo Address Book," but we all called it "The Facebook" all the time because "The Photo Address Book" was such a mouthful.

Thus, Facebook became a trademark word.

Why Facebook??
Zuckerberg, himself was always in a social circle

Wanted to create a site for social networking

Wanted the site to be one that people of all ages would find useful in their lives and would be able to connect with others. Believed that people being able to share the information they wanted and having access to the information they wanted is just a better world

Marks Page
http://www.facebook.com/markzuckerberg ?_fb_noscript=1

Significance of Facebook in Todays Business World

Networking utility Cash flow status through its advertising Product/Business awareness

Facebook Facts
Over 330 million members 4th largest website 3 billion+ minutes are spent (or wasted) on FACEBOOK - every day Zuckerberg is the worlds youngest billionaire $1.5+ million In 2007, Zuckerberg sold 1.6% stake of Facebook to Microsoft for $240 million Zuckerberg dropped out of college